March 1

THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MARCH 1

 

 

1910 - David Niven is born, actor novelist, James David Graham Niven in London, England.

1924 - Disney's first Alice Comedy Alice's Day at Sea debuts

 929 - Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear)

1930 - Disney animator & techincal genius Ub Iwerks, the first animator of Mickey Mouse, leaves Disney to set up his own animation studio.  He eventually returns to Disney.
1932 - Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12

 1933 - Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks

 1934 - Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

 1934 - Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road)

 1935 - Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor (Wild Wild West)

 1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed.

 1937 - 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
 1937 - US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day
 1940 - 12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," R Donat & V Leigh win
 1940 - Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published
 1941 - "Captain America" appears in a comic book

 1941 - 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn

 1941 - Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner
 1941 - German troops invade Bulgaria
 1941 - Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp

 1942 - 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat

 1942 - J Milton Cage Jr's "Imaginary Landscape No 3," premieres in Chicago
 1942 - Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
 1942 - Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews
 1943 - Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided
 1944 - Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
 1944 - Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)

 1944 - John Napier, London, set designer (Royal Shakesphere Company)

 1945 - US infantry regiment captures Mönchengladbach
 1949 - Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.

 1953 - Ron Howard, Oklahoma, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days)

 1954 - In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone

 1957 - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 perfs
 1957 - Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor

 1957 - Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight)

 1959 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament

 1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
 1962 - American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95

 1962 - Bill Leen, rocker (Gin Blossoms)
 1962 - K-Mart opens

 1962 - US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada

 1966 - Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
 1968 - NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
 1968 - Singers Johnny Cash (36) & June Carter (38) wed

 1969 - After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts

 1969 - Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium

 1969 - NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires

 1970 - Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
 1970 - End of US commercial whale hunting
 1972 - David Rabe's "Sticks & Bones," premieres in NYC
 1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
 1973 - Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
 1974 - George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)

 1975 - 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win

 1975 - Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1

 1975 - Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.

 1977 - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards

 1977 - US extends territorial waters to 200 miles

 1978 - "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 243 performances
 1978 - Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
 1979 - "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 557 performances
 1980 - Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
 1980 - Snow falls in Florida
 1981 - "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 perfs
 1983 - Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup
 1984 - Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), dies at 69

 1985 - Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center

 1985 - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
 1988 - Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
 1988 - Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
 1988 - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
 1988 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
 1989 - Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
 1989 - Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce
 1994 - Justin Bieber, born, London Ontario, Canadian pop singer (Baby, One Time)